Mizzima
2012-08-31
Htay Myint, the owner of the Yuzana Company, says the company will give back more than 1,000 acres of confiscated land in the Hukaung Valley in...
2012-08-30
From January 2011 to date, the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) has documented 20 separate incidents of forced labour, some involving orders to...
2012-08-30
Five organizations concerned with the Karen peace process in Burma say they will not attend a meeting organized by Norway’s MPSI because of its “...
2012-08-30
The US has waved a visa ban on Burma’s President Thein Sein, who is scheduled to address the UN General Assembly in New York in September, and other...
2012-08-30
President Thein Sein wants to make Burma’s Foreign Investment Law more open to investors and his office has been working to convince lawmakers to...
2012-08-29
Up to 6,000 residents in Burma’s Hpakant jade mine area in Kachin State have fled from the area in the past two weeks, as Burmese government troops...
2012-08-29
Human rights violations by the Burmese army in Karen State continue even as the Karen National Union (KNU) and government negotiators prepare to meet...
2012-08-29
Thailand submitted a coordination plan to Burma last week involving construction of the US$ 60 billion Dawei deep-sea port project and special...
2012-08-29
Burma’s President Thein Sein pardoned two local UN staff members and a third aid worker on Tuesday, who were sentenced to prison for their alleged...
2012-08-28
The Burmese Parliament continues to challenge the Constitutional Tribunal over its ruling that lawmakers said weakened the Parliament’s ability to...
2012-08-28
Two UN local workers in Burma have been sentenced to prison after being charged with crimes during the community unrest in Rakhine State.
2012-08-28
Activities of the newly formed Myanmar Core Press Council have been halted to allow for negotiations with the Myanmar Journalists Association (MJA),...
2012-08-27
The Burmese government has said that 85,000 people have been driven from their homes by heavy flooding.
2012-08-27
Burma’s President Thien Sein toured the flood-hit Irrawaddy region on Saturday, where he urged farmers to try to start other businesses also and not...
2012-08-25
An effort to read a message from President Thein Sein on the conflict in Rakhine State to a joint session of the Burmese Parliament was cancelled on...